Come to the Missouri Theatre
and be transported to Ireland in this
family performance of “An Irish
Christmas” featuring Riverdance
stars Ciaran Maguire and Collete
Dunne. From “Silent Night” and “Little
Drummer Boy” to “Carol of the Bells,”
witness the fine Irish holiday
traditions through the magic of song,
dance and storytelling, the likes of
which you’ve never seen. From $19,
children $15; 7 p.m.; 203 S. Ninth St.;
573-822-3781; www.concertseries.org

NOVEMBER 6–9, 13–16, 20–23

The Columbia Entertainment
Company presents “Other Desert
Cities.” After a six-year absence,
Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm
Springs to celebrate Christmas with
her parents, her brother and her aunt.
Brooke announces that she is about to
publish a memoir dredging up a
pivotal and tragic event in the family’s
history — a wound they don’t want
reopened. Adults $10, students $9,
seniors and children $8; 7:30 p.m. & 2
p.m. Sunday matinee; 1800
Nelwood Ave.; 573-474-3699;
www.cectheatre.org

NOVEMBER 7

The Lydaco Concert Series
presents Natalia Zukerman and Jeff
Campbell at Unity of Columbia. The
Lydaco Concert Series expands listeningroom opportunities in this area and
features outstanding singer-songwriters
from around the country. The Boston
Globe has described Zukerman as “a
strutting brass band one minute, a
sighing lover the next”; Campbell is a
past winner of the annual Guitar Center
Singer-Songwriter contest, rising above
more than 13,000 entrants. $15; doors
open at 6:30 p.m., concert at 7; 1600 W.
Broadway; www.lydacomusic.com